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    14 Ways

    to ThinkLike a

    Designer

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    1. Embrace Constraints

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    This is EXCITING! But

    highly constrained.Monday, 30 January, 12

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    2. Practice Restraint

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    3. Know when to

    sto

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    4. Adopt thebe inners mind

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    Forget all

    that you

    know...For a

    moment!

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    5. Check your ego

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    Whats the

    problem?

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    Fine balance to be

    achievedMonday, 30 January, 12

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    6. Focus on the

    experience of the design

    User interaction not the thing

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    How do you

    communicate anexperience you are

    designing

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    7. Become a master

    stor teller

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    Zoom In...then zoom backout!

    Give Details butREINFORCE THE

    STORY!!Monday, 30 January, 12

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    PRETTY PICTURES AND SLICKPRESENTATIONS

    ARE NOT ENOUGH!!

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    9. Obsess about ideas

    not tools

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    10. Clarifyyour

    intentionsMonday, 30 January, 12

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    11. Sharpen yourvision and

    curiosity, and

    learn from thelessons around

    you

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    12. Simplify as much as

    you can - but no more

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    13. Utilize empty space

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    14. Learn all the

    rules and knowwhen to break

    them

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    14 Ways to Think

    Like a Desi ner

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    1. Embrace Constraints

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    Like a Desi ner

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    1. Embrace Constraints

    2. Practice Restraint

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    Like a Desi ner

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    1. Embrace Constraints

    2. Practice Restraint

    3. Know when to stop

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    Like a Desi ner

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    1. Embrace Constraints

    2. Practice Restraint

    3. Know when to stop

    4. Adopt the beginners mind

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    Like a Desi ner

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    1. Embrace Constraints

    2. Practice Restraint

    3. Know when to stop

    4. Adopt the beginners mind5. Check your ego at the door

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    Like a Desi ner

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    1. Embrace Constraints

    2. Practice Restraint

    3. Know when to stop

    4. Adopt the beginners mind5. Check your ego at the door

    6. Focus on the experience of the design

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    Like a Desi ner

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    1. Embrace Constraints

    2. Practice Restraint

    3. Know when to stop

    4. Adopt the beginners mind5. Check your ego at the door

    6. Focus on the experience of the design

    7. Become a master storyteller

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    Like a Desi ner

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    1. Embrace Constraints

    2. Practice Restraint

    3. Know when to stop

    4. Adopt the beginners mind5. Check your ego at the door

    6. Focus on the experience of the design

    7. Become a master storyteller

    8. Think communication - not decoration

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    Like a Desi ner

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    1. Embrace Constraints

    2. Practice Restraint

    3. Know when to stop

    4. Adopt the beginners mind5. Check your ego at the door

    6. Focus on the experience of the design

    7. Become a master storyteller

    8. Think communication - not decoration

    9. Obsess about ideas - not tools

    14 Ways to Think

    Like a Desi ner

    Monday, 30 January, 12

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    1. Embrace Constraints

    2. Practice Restraint

    3. Know when to stop

    4. Adopt the beginners mind5. Check your ego at the door

    6. Focus on the experience of the design

    7. Become a master storyteller

    8. Think communication - not decoration

    9. Obsess about ideas - not tools10. Clarify your intentions

    14 Ways to Think

    Like a Desi ner

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    1. Embrace Constraints

    2. Practice Restraint

    3. Know when to stop

    4. Adopt the beginners mind5. Check your ego at the door

    6. Focus on the experience of the design

    7. Become a master storyteller

    8. Think communication - not decoration

    9. Obsess about ideas - not tools10. Clarify your intentions

    11. Sharpen your vision and curiosity, and learn from the lessons around you

    14 Ways to Think

    Like a Desi ner

    Monday, 30 January, 12

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    1. Embrace Constraints

    2. Practice Restraint

    3. Know when to stop

    4. Adopt the beginners mind5. Check your ego at the door

    6. Focus on the experience of the design

    7. Become a master storyteller

    8. Think communication - not decoration

    9. Obsess about ideas - not tools10. Clarify your intentions

    11. Sharpen your vision and curiosity, and learn from the lessons around you

    12. Simplify as much as you can - but no more

    14 Ways to Think

    Like a Desi ner

    Monday, 30 January, 12

    14 W Thi k

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    1. Embrace Constraints

    2. Practice Restraint

    3. Know when to stop

    4. Adopt the beginners mind5. Check your ego at the door

    6. Focus on the experience of the design

    7. Become a master storyteller

    8. Think communication - not decoration

    9. Obsess about ideas - not tools10. Clarify your intentions

    11. Sharpen your vision and curiosity, and learn from the lessons around you

    12. Simplify as much as you can - but no more

    13. Utilize empty space

    14 Ways to Think

    Like a Desi ner

    Monday, 30 January, 12

    14 W Thi k

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    1. Embrace Constraints

    2. Practice Restraint

    3. Know when to stop

    4. Adopt the beginners mind5. Check your ego at the door

    6. Focus on the experience of the design

    7. Become a master storyteller

    8. Think communication - not decoration

    9. Obsess about ideas - not tools10. Clarify your intentions

    11. Sharpen your vision and curiosity, and learn from the lessons around you

    12. Simplify as much as you can - but no more

    13. Utilize empty space

    14 Learn all the rules and know when and why to break them

    14 Ways to Think

    Like a Desi ner